Quantum dot film, quantum dot light-emitting assembly and display device

ABSTRACT

A quantum dot film, a quantum dot light-emitting assembly and a display device are provided. The quantum dot film includes: a quantum dot layer; and a conductive layer arranged on at least a side of the quantum dot layer along a thickness direction, and the conductive layer includes nano-sized metal particles, and at least a portion of the nano-sized metal particles are configured to generate a surface plasma resonance under electromagnetic radiation. The luminescence efficiency and intensity of the quantum dot layer can be effectively improved by arranging the conductive layer on at least a side of the quantum dot layer.

The present application claims the priority of the Chinese PatentApplication No. 201811012584.9 filed on Aug. 31, 2018, which isincorporated herein by reference as a part of the present application.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a field of displaytechnology, in particular relates to a quantum dot film, a quantum dotlight-emitting assembly and a display device.

BACKGROUND

With rapid development of display technology, quantum dots (QDs) haveattracted attentions of researchers due to their excellent size propertyand luminescence property. Traditional quantum dot film sheets havedefects of low excitation efficiency, low brightness and lowluminescence intensity.

SUMMARY

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a quantum dot film, aquantum dot light-emitting assembly and a display device.

At least one embodiment of the present disclosure provides a quantum dotfilm, and the quantum dot film comprises: a quantum dot layer; and aconductive layer, which is arranged on at least a side of the quantumdot layer along a thickness direction; the conductive layer comprisesnano-sized metal particles, and at least a portion of the nano-sizedmetal particles are configured to generate a surface plasma resonanceunder electromagnetic radiation.

For example, in a quantum dot film provided by at least one embodimentof the present disclosure, the quantum dot layer comprises quantum dots,and a distance between the quantum dot layer and the conductive layeralong the thickness direction of the quantum dot layer is configured toenable a portion of the quantum dots to be located in a resonanceelectromagnetic field generated by the surface plasma resonance.

For example, in a quantum dot film provided by at least one embodimentof the present disclosure, the conductive layer is located on alight-entering side of the quantum dot layer.

For example, in a quantum dot film provided by at least one embodimentof the present disclosure, the quantum dot film comprises two conductivelayers, and the two conductive layers are arranged on a light-exitingside and a light-entering side of the quantum dot layer respectively.

For example, in a quantum dot film provided by at least one embodimentof the present disclosure, the quantum dot film further comprises anisolation layer, and the isolation layer is located between at least aportion of the conductive layer and at least a portion of the quantumdot layer.

For example, in a quantum dot film provided by at least one embodimentof the present disclosure, the quantum dot layer comprises quantum dotsub-layers configured to excite light of different colors; and distancesbetween each of the quantum dot sub-layers and the conductive layer aredifferent from each other.

For example, in a quantum dot film provided by at least one embodimentof the present disclosure, quantum dot sub-layers are located at a samelayer; the conductive layer comprises conductive parts having aone-to-one correspondence with quantum dot sub-layers; and distancesbetween each of quantum dot sub-layers and its corresponding conductivepart are different from each other.

For example, in a quantum dot film provided by at least one embodimentof the present disclosure, the isolation layer comprises isolationparts; each of the isolation parts is between one of quantum dotsub-layers and the conductive layer, and thicknesses of isolation partsare different from each other.

For example, in a quantum dot film provided by at least one embodimentof the present disclosure, the isolation layer is made of a transparentinsulating material.

For example, in a quantum dot film provided by at least one embodimentof the present disclosure, the isolation layer is located on allsurfaces of the conductive layer and the quantum dot layer facing eachother.

For example, in a quantum dot film provided by at least one embodimentof the present disclosure, the isolation layer is located on a part ofsurfaces of the conductive layer and the quantum dot layer facing eachother.

At least one embodiment of the present disclosure further provides aquantum dot light-emitting assembly, and the quantum dot light-emittingassembly comprises a backlight source, and the quantum dot filmmentioned above, in which light emitted by the backlight sourceilluminates the quantum dot film and makes the quantum dot film emitlight.

For example, in a quantum dot light-emitting assembly provided by atleast one embodiment of the present disclosure, the conductive layer islocated on a side of the quantum dot layer close to the backlightsource, and the light emitted by the backlight source is incident on thequantum dot layer via the conductive layer.

For example, in a quantum dot light-emitting assembly provided by atleast one embodiment of the present disclosure, the quantum dot layercomprises at least two quantum dot sub-layers, and a first color lightemitted by the backlight source illuminates the at least two quantum dotsub-layers; the at least two quantum dot sub-layers are located abreaston a side of the conductive layer away from the backlight source; andthe at least two quantum dot sub-layers are configured to emit a secondcolor light and a third color light respectively upon being illuminatedby the first color light.

At least one embodiment of the present disclosure further provides adisplay device, and the display device comprises any one of the quantumdot films mentioned above.

For example, a display device provided by at least one embodiment of thepresent disclosure comprises a color filter layer, and the at least onequantum dot film comprises a first quantum dot film, and the firstquantum dot film is used as the color filter layer and is configured toemit light upon being illuminated.

For example, in a display device provided by at least one embodiment ofthe present disclosure, the first quantum dot film comprises a firstquantum dot layer; the first quantum dot layer comprises first quantumdot sub-layers; and a black matrix is arranged in gaps between the firstquantum dot sub-layers.

For example, in a display device provided by at least one embodiment ofthe present disclosure, the display device comprises a backlight source,and the at least one quantum dot film comprises a second quantum dotfilm, the second quantum dot film is located at a light-exiting side ofthe backlight source and is configured to emit light upon beingilluminated by light from the backlight source.

For example, in a display device provided by at least one embodiment ofthe present disclosure, the display device comprises a color filterlayer and an electroluminescent layer, and the at least one quantum dotfilm comprises a first quantum dot film, a second quantum dot film and athird quantum dot film; the third quantum dot film is used as theelectroluminescent layer and is configured to generate under an electricfield a first color light which illuminates the first quantum dot filmand the second quantum dot film; the first quantum dot film and thesecond quantum dot film are used as the color filter layer and areconfigured to emit a second color light and a third color lightrespectively upon being illuminated by the first color light.

For example, in a display device provided by at least one embodiment ofthe present disclosure, the display device comprises a quantum dotlight-emitting diode, and the quantum dot light-emitting diode comprisesa quantum dot light-emitting layer, and the at least one quantum dotfilm is used as the quantum dot light-emitting layer and is configuredto emit light under an electric field.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order to clearly illustrate the technical solution of embodiments ofthe present disclosure, the drawings of the embodiments will be brieflydescribed. It is apparent that the described drawings are only relatedto some embodiments of the present disclosure and thus are notlimitative of the present disclosure.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a structure of a quantum dot filmaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a structure of another quantum dot filmaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a structure of still another quantumdot film according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a structure of still another quantumdot film according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a structure of still another quantumdot film according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a structure of still another quantumdot film according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a structure of still another quantumdot film according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a structure of still another quantumdot film according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a structure of still another quantumdot film according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a structure of a quantum dotlight-emitting assembly according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of a structure of another quantum dotlight-emitting assembly according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of a structure of a display deviceaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of a structure of another display deviceaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of a structure of still another displaydevice according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram of a structure of still another displaydevice according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram of a structure of still another displaydevice according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

In order to make objects, technical details and advantages ofembodiments of the disclosure clear, the technical solutions of theembodiments will be described in a clearly and fully understandable wayin connection with the related drawings. It is apparent that thedescribed embodiments are just a part but not all of the embodiments ofthe disclosure. Based on the described embodiments herein, those skilledin the art can obtain, without any inventive work, other embodiment(s)which should be within the scope of the disclosure.

Unless otherwise defined, all the technical and scientific terms usedherein have the same meanings as commonly understood by one of ordinaryskill in the art to which the present disclosure belongs. The terms“first,” “second,” etc., which are used in the description and claims ofthe present application, are not intended to indicate any sequence,amount or importance, but to distinguish various components. The terms“comprises,” “comprising,” “includes,” “including,” etc., are intendedto specify that the elements or the objects stated before these termsencompass the elements or the objects listed after these terms as wellas equivalents thereof, but do not exclude other elements or objects.The phrases “connect”, “connected”, etc., are not intended to be limitedto a physical connection or mechanical connection, but may include anelectrical connection which is direct or indirect. The terms “on,”“under,” “right,” “left” and the like are only used to indicate relativeposition relationship, and when the position of an object is describedas being changed, the relative position relationship may be changedaccordingly.

As illustrated in FIG. 1, at least one embodiment of the presentdisclosure provides a quantum dot film, and the quantum dot filmcomprises a quantum dot layer 100; and a conductive layer 102 arrangedon at least a side of the quantum dot layer 100 along a thicknessdirection, and the conductive layer 102 comprises nano-sized metalparticles 202, and at least a portion of the nano-sized metal particles202 are configured to generate a surface plasma resonance underelectromagnetic radiation.

Under electromagnetic radiation (for example photons and electrons), thenano-sized metal particles are disturbed to oscillate the chargedistribution, and surface plasmon polaritons are stimulated. Surfaceplasma is a wave propagating along an interface between a metal and amedium, and its amplitude decreases exponentially with a distance fromthe interface. In a case that a frequency of an electromagnetic wave isconsistent with an oscillation frequency of surface plasma, resonanceoccurs and a resonance electromagnetic field is formed. Within thefluorescent molecular radiation range, the resonance electromagneticfield can change the fluorescence attenuation rate of the surroundingmedium and improve the luminescence efficiency, and thus enhance theluminescence intensity of the luminescent material. The “light-emitting”quantum dot layer mentioned in the present disclosure includes two typesof quantum dot layer: a photoluminescent quantum dot layer and anelectroluminescent quantum dot layer. The photoluminescent quantum dotlayer is excited under an action of the photons and theelectroluminescent quantum dot layer is excited under an action of theelectrons. Regardless of the type of the quantum dot layer, theluminescence efficiency and intensity of the quantum dot layer can beeffectively improved in embodiments of the present disclosure byarranging a conductive layer on at least a side of the quantum dotlayer.

For example, as illustrated in FIG. 1, the quantum dot layer 100comprises quantum dots 204. The distance between the quantum dot layer100 and the conductive layer 102 is D along the thickness direction(that is, a direction perpendicular to a plane of the quantum dot layer,hereinafter referred to as “along the thickness direction”) of thequantum dot layer 100. The distance D is configured to make some ofquantum dots 204 within the resonance electromagnetic field generated bythe surface plasmon resonance (as illustrated by a dotted frame in FIG.1). For example, the distance D is adjustable, for example, in a rangeof about 5 nm to 20 nm. The distance D is not less than 5 nm. If thedistance D is less than 5 nm, fluorescence resonance energy transfer isprone to occur to weaken the fluorescence emission. Because themorphology, the size and the distribution of the nano-sized metalparticles affect plasma and luminescence intensity, the distance D canbe adjusted according to the shape, the size and the distribution of thenano-sized metal particles.

For example, the metal used for forming the conductive layer includes,but not limited to Au, Ag, Pd, Pt, Cu and Al, preferably Ag or Au. ForAg or Au, resonance frequency is in a visible light region, chemicalproperty is relatively stable and conductivity is high. For example, thenano-sized particles include, but not limited to, nanorods, nanowires,nanospheres and so on. Embodiments of the present disclosure areillustrated by taking nanospheres for example, but it is understandablethat other forms of nanoparticles are also within the scope of thepresent disclosure.

For example, as illustrated in FIG. 1, the conductive layer 102 islocated on a light-entering side of the quantum dot layer 100. Incidentlight L enters the lower surface of the conductive layer 102 and exitsfrom the upper surface of the quantum dot layer 100 after passingthrough the conductive layer 102 and the quantum dot layer 100. In acase that the incident light L illuminates the nano-sized metalparticles 202 near the interface between the conductive layer 102 andthe quantum dot layer 100, the nano-sized metal particles 202 aredisturbed to oscillate the charge distribution, and surface plasmonpolaritons are stimulated. In a case that a frequency of the incidentlight L is consistent with an oscillation frequency of surface plasma,resonance occurs and a resonance electromagnetic field is formed. Withinthe fluorescent molecular radiation range, the resonance electromagneticfield can change the fluorescence attenuation rate of the surroundingmedium and improve the luminescence efficiency of the quantum dot layer100. In other embodiments of the present disclosure, the conductivelayer 102 can be arranged on a light-exiting side of the quantum dotlayer 100, which can also improve the luminescence efficiency of thequantum dot layer 100. Although the positions of the conductive layer102 and the quantum dot layer 100 are reversed, the plasma resonancephenomena can also occur to the nano-sized metal particles when theincident light L illuminates the nano-sized metal particles near theinterface between the conductive layer 102 and the quantum dot layer100. Therefore, the conductive layer 102 can be arranged at either thelight-exiting side of the quantum dot layer 100 or the light-enteringside of the quantum dot layer 100. Either way can improve theluminescence efficiency of the quantum dot layer 100 because theresonance electromagnetic field is formed near the interface between theconductive layer 102 and the quantum dot layer 100. In practicalapplications, metal nanomaterials with high transmittance are moresuitable to be placed on a light-exiting side of a display, and can alsoplay a role of being a barrier to external water and air.

In at least some embodiments of the present disclosure, as illustratedin FIG. 2, the quantum dot film comprises two conductive layers 102 aand 102 b, which are arranged on two opposite sides of the quantum dotlayer 100 respectively, that is, the two conductive layers 102 a and 102b are arranged on the light-exiting side and the light-entering side ofthe quantum dot layer 100 respectively. In this way, in a case that theincident light L illuminates the quantum dot layer 100, the plasmaresonance phenomenon can occur to the nano-sized metal particles nearboth an upper surface and a lower surface of the quantum dot layer 100,which further improves the luminescence efficiency of the quantum dotlayer 100. For example, the conductive layer 102 a is made of a metalnanomaterial with a high transmittance, and the conductive layer 102 bis made of a same or different material as the conductive layer 102 a.

In at least some embodiments of the disclosure, as illustrated in FIG.3, the quantum dot film further comprises an isolation layer 104, andthe isolation layer 104 is located between at least a portion of theconductive layer 102 and at least a portion of the quantum dot layer100. The distance between the quantum dot layer 100 and the conductivelayer 102 along the thickness direction can be conveniently adjusted byarranging the isolation layer. For example, a thickness of the isolationlayer 104 is equal to the distance between the quantum dot layer 100 andthe conductive layer 102 along the thickness direction. In FIG. 3 of theembodiment of the present disclosure, all the gap between the quantumdot layer 100 and the conductive layer 102 is filled with the isolationlayer 104, that is, the isolation layer 104 is located on all thesurfaces of the conductive layer 102 and the quantum dot layer 100facing each other. However, in other embodiments, a portion of the gapbetween the quantum dot layer 100 and the conductive layer 102 can befilled with the isolation layer 104, that is, the isolation layer 104 islocated on a part of the surfaces of the conductive layer 102 and thequantum dot layer 100 facing each other. For example, in the case thatthe quantum dot layer comprises quantum dot sub-layers with differentcolors, the distances between the quantum dot sub-layers and theconductive layer may be different. The isolation layer 104 is onlyarranged between the quantum dot sub-layer and the conductive layerhaving a larger distance, and there is no isolation layer between thequantum dot sub-layer and the conductive layer having a smallerdistance. Please refer to the following embodiments to obtain moredetails. For example, the isolation layer is made of a transparentinsulating material, for example, the isolation layer is made of atransparent inorganic material, such as SiO₂, or the isolation layer ismade of a transparent organic material, such as PET, PMMA and so on.

In at least some embodiments of the disclosure, as illustrated in FIG.4, the quantum dot film comprises the quantum dot layer 100, twoisolation layers 104 a, 104 b, and two conductive layers 102 a, 102 b.The two conductive layers 102 a, 102 b are arranged on the light-exitingside and the light-entering side of the quantum dot layer 100respectively. The isolation layer 104 a is located between theconductive layer 102 a and the quantum dot layer 100, and the gapbetween the conductive layer 102 a and the quantum dot layer 100 isfilled with the isolation layer 104 a. The isolation layer 104 b islocated between the conductive layer 102 b and the quantum dot layer100, and the gap between the conductive layer 102 b and the quantum dotlayer 100 is filled with the isolation layer 104 b. Because the sizes ofthe nano-sized metal particles in the two conductive layers 102 a and102 b are different from each other, the distance D1 between theconductive layer 102 a and the quantum dot layer 100 along the thicknessdirection is different from the distance D2 between the conductive layer102 b and the quantum dot layer 100 along the thickness direction.Accordingly, the thicknesses of the two isolation layers 104 a and 104 bare also different from each other.

In at least some embodiments of the disclosure, as illustrated in FIG.5, the quantum dot layer 100 comprises quantum dot sub-layers 302, 304and 306, and quantum dot sub-layers 302, 304 and 306 emit light ofdifferent colors. The distances Dr, Dg and Db between the conductivelayer 102 and each of the quantum dot sub-layers 302, 304 and 306 alongthe thickness direction are the same. For example, a red quantum dotsub-layer 302 comprises red quantum dots and emits red light, a greenquantum dot sub-layer 304 comprises green quantum dots and emits greenlight, and a blue quantum dot sub-layer 306 comprises blue quantum dotsand emits blue light. It is understandable that besides the red light,the green light and the blue light, the quantum dot layer can also emitother color light such as yellow light. Accordingly, the quantum dotlayer can also comprise a yellow quantum dot sub-layer. For example, thequantum dot sub-layers 302, 304 and 306 are in contact with each other.For example, in a case that the quantum dot sub-layers are used as thecolor filter layer of a display device, gaps between the quantum dotsub-layers 302, 304 and 306 are used for forming a black matrix. In anembodiment of the present disclosure, the quantum dot film furthercomprises the isolation layer 104, with which the gaps between theconductive layer 102 and each of the quantum dot sub-layers are filled.In embodiments of the present disclosure, the luminescence efficiencyand intensity of the quantum dot layer can be effectively improved byarranging the conductive layer on a side of each of the quantum dotsub-layers. It is understandable that, the above purpose can also beachieved by arranging the conductive layer on the light-entering side ofthe quantum dot sub-layers.

In practical applications, in order to meet the requirements of idealcolor gamut, the requirements on luminescence intensity of quantum dotsub-layers of different colors are also different. For example, for thenano-sized metal particles with different morphologies and sizes, thedistances between the conductive layer and quantum dot sub-layers ofdifferent colors are different from each other to improve theluminescence intensity of each of the quantum dot sub-layers ofdifferent colors.

In at least some embodiments of the disclosure, as illustrated in FIG.6, the red quantum dot sub-layer 302, the green quantum dot sub-layer304, and the blue quantum dot sub-layer 306 have different distances Dr,Dg, Db with the same conductive layer 102. The distance Dr between theconductive layer 102 and the red quantum dot sub-layer 302, and thedistance Dg between the conductive layer 102 and the green quantum dotsub-layer 304 and the distance Db between the conductive layer 102 andthe blue quantum dot sub-layer 306 along the thickness direction aredifferent from each other. In this way, the above distances can beoptimized for different color quantum dot sub-layers, so as to achieve adesired luminescence intensity and a desired color gamut.

In at least some embodiments of the disclosure, as illustrated in FIG.7, the isolation layer comprises isolation parts 404 and 406, each ofthe isolation parts 404 and 406 is between one of quantum dot sub-layersand the conductive layer, and the thicknesses of the isolation parts 404and 406 are different from each other. For example, the isolation part404 is between the green quantum dot sub-layer 304 and the conductivelayer 102; the isolation part 406 is between the blue quantum dotsub-layer 306 and the conductive layer 102. The thickness of theisolation part 404 and the thickness of the isolation part 406 aredifferent from each other. In FIG. 7, the distance between the redquantum dot sub-layer 302 and the conductive layer 102 is small, and anisolation layer may be not arranged between the red quantum dotsub-layer 302 and the conductive layer 102. It is understandable that,it is easy to adjust the distances between the conductive layer and thequantum dot sub-layers of different colors by arranging the isolationlayer, and the isolation layer can also play a supporting role.

In practical applications, it is more conducive to reducing thedifficulty of fabrication by arranging the quantum dot sub-layers at asame layer. In at least some embodiments of the disclosure, asillustrated in FIG. 8, the conductive layer comprises conductive parts502, 504 and 506 having a one-to-one correspondence with quantum dotsub-layers 302, 304 and 306, and distances Dr, Dg, Db between each ofquantum dot sub-layers 302, 304 and 306 and the corresponding conductivepart 502, 504 and 506 are different from each other. The quantum dotsub-layers 302, 304 and 306 are arranged at a same layer, for example,all the quantum dot sub-layers 302, 304 and 306 are arranged on theisolation layer.

In at least some embodiments of the present disclosure, as illustratedin FIG. 9, the conductive layer comprises conductive parts 502, 504 and506 having a one-to-one correspondence with quantum dot sub-layers 302,304 and 306, and an isolation layer is arranged between any quantum dotsub-layer and the conductive part corresponding to the quantum dotsub-layer. For example, the isolation part 402 is located between thered quantum dot sub-layer 302 and the conductive part 502, the isolationpart 404 is located between the green quantum dot sub-layer 304 and theconductive part 504, and the isolation part 406 is located between theblue quantum dot sub-layer 306 and the conductive part 506. Thethicknesses of the isolation parts 402, 404 and 406 are different fromeach other.

At least one embodiment of the present disclosure further provides aquantum dot light-emitting assembly. As illustrated in FIG. 10, thequantum dot light-emitting assembly comprises a backlight source 600 andthe quantum dot film in any one of the embodiments described above, andlight emitted by the backlight source 600 illuminates the quantum dotfilm to make the quantum dot film emit light.

For example, the quantum dot film comprises the quantum dot layer 100and the conductive layer 102 located on at least one side of the quantumdot layer 100 along the thickness direction of the quantum dot layer100. The conductive layer 102 comprises nano-sized metal particles 202,and at least a portion of the nano-sized metal particles 202 areconfigured to generate the surface plasmon resonance under anelectromagnetic radiation. The luminescence intensity and efficiency ofthe quantum dot light-emitting assembly can be improved by arranging theconductive layer 102 on at least a side of the quantum dot layer 100.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the conductive layer 102 islocated on a side of the quantum dot layer 100 close to the backlightsource 600, and the light emitted by the backlight source 600 isincident on the quantum dot layer 100 via the conductive layer 102. Theconductive layer disposed between the backlight source 600 and thequantum dot layer 100 can further prevent external light frominterfering the luminescence of the quantum dot layer.

It is understandable that, the quantum dot light-emitting assembly inthe embodiments of the present disclosure can use any one of the quantumdot films illustrated in FIG. 1 to FIG. 9, or various variations of thequantum dot films according to embodiments of the present disclosuredescribed above. Without conflict, the backlight source can be combinedwith any one of the quantum dot films to form the quantum dotlight-emitting assembly in the embodiment of the present disclosure. Thequantum dot light-emitting assembly in the embodiment of the presentdisclosure includes the quantum dot film in any one of the embodimentsdescribed above, and therefore the same technical effects can beachieved.

In at least some embodiments of the disclosure, as illustrated in FIG.11, the quantum dot layer comprises at least two quantum dot sub-layers302 and 304. The at least two quantum dot sub-layers 302 and 304 emitlight of different colors, and are located abreast on a side of theconductive layer 102 away from the backlight source, that is thelight-exiting side. The backlight source 600 can use various lightsources, for example, a white LED light source, or a monochrome lightsource such as a blue light source. For example, the backlight source600 is configured to emit the blue light and illuminate the red quantumdot sub-layer 302 and the green quantum dot sub-layer 304. The redquantum dot sub-layer 302 and the green quantum dot sub-layer 304 areconfigured to emit red light and green light respectively upon beingilluminated by the blue light. The luminescence intensity and efficiencyof the quantum dot light-emitting assembly can be improved by arrangingthe conductive layer 102 on at least one side of the quantum dotsub-layers 302 and 304.

At least one embodiment of the present disclosure further provides adisplay device comprising at least one quantum dot film, and the quantumdot film is the quantum dot film described in any one of the embodimentsdescribed above.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the quantum dot film canuse the structure described in any one of the embodiments mentionedabove. The luminescence intensity and efficiency of the display devicecan be improved by arranging the conductive layer 102 on at least oneside of the quantum dot layer 100.

For example, the display device comprises a color filter layer, and theat least one quantum dot film comprises a first quantum dot film, andthe first quantum dot film is used as the color filter layer and isconfigured to emit light upon being illuminated.

In at least some embodiments of the present disclosure, as illustratedin FIG. 12, the display device is a liquid crystal display device, andthe liquid crystal display device comprises a thin film transistor (TFT)substrate 710 and a color filter substrate 730 disposed opposite to eachother, and a liquid crystal layer 720 is disposed between the TFTsubstrate 710 and the color filter substrate 730. The backlight source700 is arranged on the light-entering side of the display device, i.e.,below the TFT substrate. The color filter substrate 730 comprises: abase substrate 732, a quantum dot film located on the base substrate 732and acting as a color filter layer, and a black matrix 736. The “TFTsubstrate” refers to a substrate on which a switching transistor TFT forcontrolling a pixel unit is arranged.

For example, the quantum dot film can adopt the structure in any one ofthe embodiments described above. For example, the quantum dot filmcomprises the quantum dot layer 100 and the conductive layer 102. Thequantum dot layer 100 comprises quantum dot sub-layers configured toemit light of different colors. For example, the red quantum dotsub-layer 302, the green quantum dot sub-layer 304 and the blue quantumdot sub-layer 306 emit the red light, the green light and the blue lightrespectively. The black matrix 736 is located in the gap between quantumdot sub-layers to prevent light leakage. In some embodiments of thepresent disclosure, light emitted by the backlight source 700 passesthrough the TFT substrate 710 and the liquid crystal layer 720, and thenenters the quantum dot film. The luminescence intensity and efficiencyof the liquid crystal display device can be improved by arranging theconductive layer 102 on at least one side of each of the quantum dotsub-layers. It is understandable that the display device in theembodiment of the present disclosure also comprises conventionalcomponents of the liquid crystal display device, such as a TFT, a pixelelectrode, a common electrode, a polarizer, and so on, which are omittedherein.

In at least some embodiments of the disclosure, as illustrated in FIG.13, the difference between the liquid crystal display device illustratedin FIG. 13 and the liquid crystal display device illustrated in FIG. 12is that a quantum dot film is disposed between the backlight source 700and the TFT substrate 710, and the quantum dot film can use thestructure described in any one of the embodiments described above, forexample, the quantum dot layer 100 and the conductive layer 102 asillustrated in FIG. 1. The quantum dot film is located on alight-exiting side of the backlight source 700 and is configured to emitlight upon being illuminated by light from the backlight source 700. Inthis way, the luminescence intensity and efficiency of the backlightsource can be further improved. Moreover, arranging the quantum dot filmon the backlight side of the display device can further prevent theexternal light from interfering the luminescence of the quantum dotlayer.

In at least some embodiments of the disclosure, as illustrated in FIG.14, the display device comprises a COA (color on array) substrate, andthe COA substrate comprises a TFT substrate 810 and a quantum dot filmused as a color film layer. The quantum dot film can use any quantum dotfilm described in any one of the above embodiments. For example, thequantum dot film comprises a quantum dot layer 100 and a conductivelayer 102, in which the quantum dot layer 100 comprises quantum dotsub-layers 302, 304 and 306, and the conductive layer 102 comprisesconductive parts 502, 504 and 506 having a one-to-one correspondencewith quantum dot sub-layers 302, 304 and 306 respectively. An isolationpart is arranged between each of the quantum dot sub-layers and theconductive part. For example, the isolation part 402 is located betweenthe red quantum dot sub-layer 302 and the conductive part 502, theisolation part 404 is located between the green quantum dot sub-layer304 and the conductive part 504, and the isolation part 406 is locatedbetween the blue quantum dot sub-layer 306 and the conductive part 506.It is understandable that, the thicknesses of the isolation parts 402,404 and 406 may be the same or different from each other. The incidentlight L is incident from the bottom of the COA substrate to the quantumdot film. The quantum dot film is illuminated by the incident light Land emits the red light, the green light and the blue light. Theluminescence intensity and efficiency of the COA substrate and thedisplay device can be improved by arranging the conductive layer on atleast one side of the quantum dot layer.

In at least some embodiments of the disclosure, as illustrated in FIG.15, the display device comprises a quantum dot organic light-emittingdiode (QD-OLED), and the quantum dot organic light-emitting diodecomprises a color filter layer and an electroluminescent layer, and thedisplay device comprises a base substrate 910, a first quantum dot film10 a, a second quantum dot film 10 b and a third quantum dot film 10 carranged on the base substrate 910. The third quantum dot film 10 c isused as the electroluminescent layer and is configured to generate underan electric field a first color light (for example, the blue light B)which illuminates the first quantum dot film 10 a and the second quantumdot film 10 b. The first quantum dot film 10 a and the second quantumdot film 10 b are used as the color filter layer and are configured toemit a second color light (for example, the red light R) and a thirdcolor light (for example, the green light G) respectively upon beingilluminated by the first color light. In the present embodiment, theluminescence intensity and efficiency of the quantum dot organiclight-emitting diode can be improved by arranging the conductive layeron at least one side of the quantum dot layer. It is understandablethat, the quantum dot organic light-emitting diode in the embodiment ofthe present disclosure may also comprise conventional components of thequantum dot organic light-emitting diode, such as two electrodes forapplying an electric field to the electroluminescent layer, which areomitted herein.

In at least some embodiments of the disclosure, as illustrated in FIG.16, the display device comprises a quantum dot light-emitting diode, andthe quantum dot light-emitting diode comprises a base substrate 1010 anda quantum dot light-emitting layer located on the base substrate 1010,and at least one of the quantum dot film is used as the quantum dotlight-emitting layer and is configured to emit light under an electricfield. The quantum dot film can use the structure described in any oneof the above embodiments. For example, the quantum dot film comprises aquantum dot layer 100 and a conductive layer 102, in which the quantumdot layer 100 comprises quantum dot sub-layers 302, 304, 306, and theconductive layer 102 comprises conductive parts 502, 504, 506 having aone-to-one correspondence with quantum dot sub-layers 302, 304, 306respectively. The isolation part is arranged between each of the quantumdot sub-layers and the conductive part. For example, the isolation part402 is located between the red quantum dot sub-layer 302 and theconductive part 502, the isolation part 404 is located between the greenquantum dot sub-layer 304 and the conductive part 504, and the isolationpart 406 is located between the blue quantum dot sub-layer 306 and theconductive part 506. It is understandable that, the thicknesses of theisolation parts 402, 404 and 406 may be the same or different from eachother. The quantum dot film can emit red light, green light and bluelight directly by applying a voltage to the quantum dot light-emittinglayer under an electric field. The luminescence intensity and efficiencyof the quantum dot light-emitting diode can be improved by arranging theconductive layer on at least one side of the quantum dot layer.

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(1) the drawings of the embodiments of the present disclosure are onlyrelated to the structures mentioned in the embodiments of the presentdisclosure, and other structures can be further obtained by generaldesigns;

(2) for the sake of clarity, in the drawings for describing theembodiments of the present disclosure, sizes of layers or regions arenot drawn according to an actual scale but are exaggerated ordiminished;

(3) the embodiments of the present disclosure and the features thereincan be combined with each other to obtain new embodiments in the absenceof conflicts.

What are described above is related to only the illustrative embodimentsof the present disclosure and not limitative to the protection scope ofthe present application. The protection scope of the present applicationshall be defined by the accompanying claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A quantum dot film, comprising: a quantum dot layer; and a conductive layer, arranged on at least a side of the quantum dot layer along a thickness direction, wherein the conductive layer comprises nano-sized metal particles, and at least a portion of the nano-sized metal particles are configured to generate a surface plasma resonance under electromagnetic radiation.
 2. The quantum dot film according to claim 1, wherein the quantum dot layer comprises quantum dots, and a distance between the quantum dot layer and the conductive layer along the thickness direction of the quantum dot layer is configured to enable a portion of the quantum dots to be located in a resonance electromagnetic field generated by the surface plasma resonance.
 3. The quantum dot film according to claim 1, wherein the conductive layer is located on a light-entering side of the quantum dot layer.
 4. The quantum dot film according to claim 1, wherein the quantum dot film comprises two conductive layers, and the two conductive layers are arranged on a light-exiting side and a light-entering side of the quantum dot layer respectively.
 5. The quantum dot film according to claim 1, further comprising an isolation layer, wherein the isolation layer is located between at least a portion of the conductive layer and at least a portion of the quantum dot layer.
 6. The quantum dot film according to claim 5, wherein the quantum dot layer comprises quantum dot sub-layers configured to excite light of different colors; and distances between each of the quantum dot sub-layers and the conductive layer are different from each other.
 7. The quantum dot film according to claim 6, wherein quantum dot sub-layers are located at a same layer; the conductive layer comprises conductive parts having a one-to-one correspondence with quantum dot sub-layers; and distances between each of quantum dot sub-layers and its corresponding conductive part are different from each other.
 8. The quantum dot film according to claim 6, wherein the isolation layer comprises isolation parts; each of the isolation parts is between one of quantum dot sub-layers and the conductive layer, and thicknesses of isolation parts are different from each other.
 9. The quantum dot film according to claim 5, wherein the isolation layer is made of a transparent insulating material.
 10. The quantum dot film according to claim 5, wherein the isolation layer is located on all surfaces of the conductive layer and the quantum dot layer facing each other.
 11. The quantum dot film according to claim 5, wherein the isolation layer is located on a part of surfaces of the conductive layer and the quantum dot layer facing each other.
 12. A quantum dot light-emitting assembly, comprising: a backlight source, and the quantum dot film according to claim 1, wherein light emitted by the backlight source illuminates the quantum dot film and makes the quantum dot film emit light.
 13. The quantum dot light-emitting assembly according to claim 12, wherein the conductive layer is located on a side of the quantum dot layer close to the backlight source, and the light emitted by the backlight source is incident on the quantum dot layer via the conductive layer.
 14. The quantum dot light-emitting assembly according to claim 12, wherein the quantum dot layer comprises at least two quantum dot sub-layers, and a first color light emitted by the backlight source illuminates the at least two quantum dot sub-layers; the at least two quantum dot sub-layers are located abreast on a side of the conductive layer away from the backlight source; and the at least two quantum dot sub-layers are configured to emit a second color light and a third color light respectively upon being illuminated by the first color light.
 15. A display device, comprising at least one quantum dot film according to claim
 1. 16. The display device according to claim 15, comprising a color filter layer, wherein the at least one quantum dot film comprises a first quantum dot film, and the first quantum dot film is used as the color filter layer and is configured to emit light upon being illuminated.
 17. The display device according to claim 16, wherein the first quantum dot film comprises a first quantum dot layer; the first quantum dot layer comprises first quantum dot sub-layers; and a black matrix is arranged in gaps between the first quantum dot sub-layers.
 18. The display device according to claim 16, comprising a backlight source, wherein the at least one quantum dot film comprises a second quantum dot film, and the second quantum dot film is located on a light-exiting side of the backlight source and is configured to emit light upon being illuminated by light from the backlight source.
 19. The display device according to claim 15, comprising a color filter layer and an electroluminescent layer, wherein the at least one quantum dot film comprises a first quantum dot film, a second quantum dot film and a third quantum dot film; the third quantum dot film is used as the electroluminescent layer and is configured to generate under an electric field a first color light which illuminates the first quantum dot film and the second quantum dot film; the first quantum dot film and the second quantum dot film are used as the color filter layer and are configured to emit a second color light and a third color light respectively upon being illuminated by the first color light.
 20. The display device according to claim 15, comprising a quantum dot light-emitting diode, wherein the quantum dot light-emitting diode comprises a quantum dot light-emitting layer, and the at least one quantum dot film is used as the quantum dot light-emitting layer and is configured to emit light under an electric field. 